Substantial benefits from finding the most effective BCG strain

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2016, Pages e35-

  Shann, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DRUG EFFICACY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84990060432     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: 22132619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)30108-4     Document Type: Letter

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